West Brom 3 Hull City 2 A double from Dwight Gayle proved to be the difference at the Hawthorns on Good Friday as the Baggies made hard work of earning all three points against Hull City. As the two sides ahead of Albion swapped places once again with Leeds taking their turn to drop points, faint hopes of an automatic…
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Managerless Baggies’ defensive disaster puts board in spotlight
Bristol City 3 West Brom 2 The decisions by Mark Jenkins and Luke Dowling both to sack Darren Moore, and then leave Jimmy Shan in charge for another month came under further scrutiny on Tuesday evening as Albion put in a dreadful defensive performance in the first 20 minutes which saw them three goals down at Ashton Gate. The fightback…
Read MoreBaggies beaten as top two hopes fade
Millwall 2 West Brom 0 Albion’s wait for a first win at the New Den goes on as they suffered defeat at the hands of relegation-threatened Millwall in what was a disastrous afternoon for Jimmy Shan’s team. With Leeds losing at Birmingham, the Baggies could have moved to within four points of the top two had they continued their winning…
Read MoreBaggies win again as Shan continues his impressive start
West Brom 3 Birmingham City 2 Jimmy Shan made is three wins from three as Albion came from behind twice to win an exciting, and occasionally bruising, local derby against Birmingham City at the Hawthorns. After a lack lustre first half performance from the Baggies, they looked much more like it after the break and deservedly took all three points. …
Read MoreAlbion get back to winning ways at the Hawthorns
West Brom 3 Swansea City 0 The Baggies finally recorded their first home league victory of 2019 with what would appear to be a comfortable victory over Swansea, but was, in reality, anything but. The visitors had almost 70% possession and an expected goals figure of 2.74, highlighting the fact that the result somewhat flattered Albion. Sam Johnstone made some…
Read MoreBaggies struggle again and Moore pays the price
West Brom 1 Ipswich Town 1 The day may have ended with the shock sacking of Darren Moore, my thoughts on which I covered in my earlier article, but the main event of the day should have been the football match. Fourth in the table against rock bottom should have been a comfortable home win, but it didn’t go quite…
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